Body Scan

Believe the other five star reviews. All I have to add is that it is pointless to have this scale if all one cares about is why clothes aren't fitting like they used to. Do not get this if you are the type who gets a new gym membership on January 2 and a month later you forgot where the gym is. What the scale is good for, or at least how I rationalized the purchase, is it that it complements a geek's approach to health and fitness. That is, we all know that improving one's health is fairly simple: eat better, get more sleep, drop the carbs, add ninety minutes or more of vigorous activity a week and stay out of the taverns. You don't need this scale or even any scale if all that is of interest is generally better health and clothes fit. Now for those who enjoy body hacking or What Ifs? This scale is awesome. Lets say that you adopt a regime of regular fasting and daily walks. This will burn fat and likely trash your muscles and that result will be reflected in the body composition readings. Dropping carbs? H2O numbers change. Overworking your exercise, your heart patterns will change (though for Reasons, you only get afib notifications but the ECG/EKG graphs are telling if you know how to read them and good at discerning artifacts) Want to know how that fad exercise/diet is working out for you? Now you have personal anecdata to support or refute whatever claims were made. Just took up running, swimming or boxing? See how these new activities integrate with your body shaping. Are the numbers valid? Who knows and how would a consumer know unless they had access to medical grade and certified analogs. I don't think it matters unless your numbers somehow work themselves into conversations, but trends, which this scale and app can provide will give fairly decent feedback to whatever diet/exercise plan you are following. The downside, and it is fairly understandable why, is that this scale does not play well with the Garmin Universe. Garmin has the best tracking watch - the Fenix line, this is indisputable. What Garmin doesn't have is the best peripherals. I was seriously considering upgrading from an ancient Withings smart scale to the Garmin offering because of the integration, but I wanted more toyz and having more dollars than sense opted for this prosumer scale. Thankfully MyFitnessPal is the intermediary between these two health and fitness gadget Goliaths. Because of the robust data collection that Withings is doing, and the plethora of data scientists itching to leverage AI or something to generate marketable data, I can't help but think that broader acceptance of this device would lead to things that Garmin has been doing with their data partners and that is to invent scoring mechanism based on some combination of metrics collected from this scale and integrations from other peripherals (BP and Oxy sensors) along with dietary habits from collaborations with various diet tracking apps. I look forward to what Withings comes up with in the future and I can only encourage them to work with their market competitors and intermediaries so that they can make some Withings brand Health numbers so that metrics based body hackers can game. We are odd ducks, but quite frankly its us who buy these wildly unnecessary devices.

I have been a Withings scale user for more than 10 years, and other than the Nokia period, I’ve been a big fan. A 1-star review from a longtime brand user should tell you something important. I broke my Body Smart scale and decided to upgrade. I’ve been diligently losing weight and I wanted to target and track building muscle in my legs. When the scale was delivered, I was immediately shocked at the weight. This thing is HEAVY. That may not matter to you if you keep it setup in a stationary location, but due to my bathroom setup, I have to move it every morning. Despite the weight, I was still excited to try it. Setup is cumbersome and there is very little info or support. The first EKG needs to be sent to a third party for review before that feature will work. It’s not a long process (mine cleared in about 2 hours, but the tell you it can take up to 24 hours), but I think it took about 6 attempts before I got a reading that could be reviewed. Most of my readings come back inconclusive. Even as of day 2, I only get inconclusive readings. There could be 2 issues for me: if heart rate is over 100 without AFiB, it fails; I also see that if it detects a bundle branch block it will fail. I have a known right bundle branch block, so maybe the failures make sense, but then I question the few “regular sinus rhythm” readings. Weight, fat, muscle, and visceral fat readings were inconsistent. Every time I stepped on the scale (and I did it a LOT last night when the scale arrived) I had a different reading. Weight fluctuated 8 lbs over 10 readings a span of less than 30 minutes. Even the closest readings on this to those of my Body Smart scale were way off. The scale has decided I am gaining fat and losing muscle (that’s completely wrong) and the app is now showing my BMI as stable, despite having lost 40 lbs in 3 months. As if this scale wasn’t bad enough, I made a monumental effort in trying to get the segmented body comp readings to work. First, your arms and legs cannot touch each other or your torso. This, unless you have a huge thigh gap, you must wear “light clothing.” That suggestion didn’t work. Your feet have to be dry to use the scale, but the app suggested my rabidly comp readings were failing because my feet were dry — that you’re supposed to use the scale right out of the shower. So I did that, too, to no avail. You can’t tell from the scale whether your body comp was successful. It only gives you readings on the display for % fat, % muscle, and visceral fat — the segmented readings are only available through the app, and if they fail, you Geno’s know until you go into the app. Even worse, the app doesn’t tell you most of the time — the readings just aren’t there. Amazon’s return policy is a bit infuriating. Because I opened the scale, my refund will take 30 days after receipt of the product, plus 7 days for bank processing. 37 days for a refund on a $400 brick is unacceptable. And get this — these Black Friday deals? They’re ripping us off!! I fell for it and that’s why I upgraded. I now realize that they raised the prices, are giving a Black Friday discount, but the actual prices are higher than normal. For example, I bought a brand new Body Smart on Amazon for $79.99 in April 2025. The BF deal on the same scale is $109.99! And Amazon’s “price history” tool doesn’t go back far enough to see the true history. But I’ve got receipts!! Seriously…don’t waste your money on this. I am probably going to replace my shattered Body Smart, but I’m so upset with this purchase, I am considering brands other than Withings before I make the purchase.

Ottimo prodotto. Elegante e funzionale. Sicuramente un buon stimolo per tenersi in forma. L’app è semplice e completa.

Bonjour, J'utilise le body scan dans le cadre d'une remise en forme après trois années d'activité physique restreinte. J'utilise la balance quotidiennement, à la même heure, dans le même environnement, La balance me permet de suivre les résultats d'un programme « maison » de perte de poids, avec un régime alimentaire plus orienté vers une suppression des sucres et matières grasses qu'une privation. Régime associé à au moins une heure de sport intensif par jour. La balance rapporte effectivement les changements de poids, de masse musculaire, de perte de graisse. Je ne suis pas scientifique pour apprécier la précision des résultats, mais la tendance reflète bien l'évolution des efforts fournis. On voit ainsi que la graisse viscérale diminue très, très lentement dans le temps. L'évolution de la masse musculaire est fidèlement reproduite (jambes pour le vélo, corps entier pour le rameur...). Avec le vélo d'appart, j'attrape des jambes de cycliste et effectivement l'application m'indique une prise de muscle et une diminution de la masse de graisse au niveau des jambes. Bon après, on n'a pas besoin d'une balance pour le constater, mais c'est encourageant d’avoir des mesures de résultat et on a un historique. En même temps, la perte de graisse ne se localise pas forcément aux endroits travaillés pendant l'effort. Lors d'une pause dans l'intensité d'activité, la balance indique une diminution du taux métabolique de base alors qu'après une période de forte intensité, ce taux augmente. L'indicateur de composition corporelle varie également en conséquence. Pour l'instant, je n'ai pas constaté de données contradictoires avec mon activité. La fonction ECG paraît précise (j'ai testé en parallèle avec un capteur cardio polar), je ne suis pas cardiologue pour interpréter et apprécier les six dérivations... mais ces informations sont stockées dans l'application withings et peuvent être éditées en pdf. L'utilisation est simple, il suffit de bien respecter les instructions, notamment sur la position corporelle et la tenue de la barre, cela joue sur les résultats. Pour la mesure du poids, il suffit de respecter les préconisations communes à toutes les balances, connectées ou non... Ce n'est pas la peine de monter dessus plusieurs fois par jour, ça ne changera rien et vous risquez d'avoir des variations de 1 à 2 kgs, mais la variation de poids dans la journée est connue de la médecine. La balance présente une bonne qualité de fabrication et de finition. Je n'ai pas assez de recul pour apprécier la fiabilité. Ayant d'autres produits withings qui commencent à dater, j'espère ne pas me tromper en disant que la marque est globalement fiable. Je n'ai pas encore testé le SAV... De toute façon, il faut avoir un minimum de respect du matériel pour que celui-ci dure longtemps. J'utilisais déjà l'application android avec la montre connectée et le tensiomètre withings (anciennes générations), elle est stable, les échanges Bluetooth sont rapides. Avec la balance, montre et tensiomètre, l'application donne les dernières mesures en nombre de pas, de fréquence cardiaque, freq, card moyenne, tension, saturation en oxygène de nuit, qualité du sommeil, poids, composition corporelle, masse hydrique, santé nerveuse, ECG, âgée vasculaire. D'autres données sont accessibles, mais il faut s'abonner à withings+ (il faut avoir les moyens... 100€ l'année). Attention, hormis la balance, j'utilise du matériel d'ancienne génération de la marque, je ne peux donc pas affirmer que la qualité d'hier est toujours au rendez-vous, on a déjà connu des marques qui ont baissé en qualité. ScanWatch Nova et BPM Core sont hors budget pour moi. L'environnement withings est très complet, mais cela reste un investissement. D’ailleurs, grâce au tensiomètre (que je n’utilisais plus depuis des années), je me suis rendu compte que j’avais de l’hypertension. Sans la traiter, hormis en réduisant le sel, j’ai pu suivre l’évolution de ma tension et, avec l’activité physique, j’ai récupéré une tension de bébé ! Je mettrai à jour mon avis si cela est nécessaire, en bien ou en mal. Bonne journée.

Ik heb al jaren een withings weegschaal maar werd gek van steeds de batterijen vervangen. Daarbij was de weegschaal niet heel snel totdat ik deze nieuwe versie had aangeschaft. Wat een verademing! Hij is super snel en heeft een accu die tot 12 maanden mee gaat. Daarbij meet hij nog meer dan mijn vorige weegschaal. Echt een aanrader!

Denna våg gissar hejvilt 8% eller 30% kropsfett från mätningar direkt efter varandra. Behåll pengarna och köp en vanlig våg detta funkar uppenbarligen inte alls. Varning när jag returnerade varan så prutade amazon på priset så jag fick inte tillbaka alla mina pengar, det gick bara att acceptera amazons bud eller behålla vågen. Pinsamt tappade 700kr på returen och ingen förklaring på varför.

Product is good, However, it’s delivered by Amazon us and set up for ECG is problematic as it’s for US locations only (still not able to use it even though I bought the scale for this particular feature).